Mary Shelley was only nineteen when she wrote The Modern Prometheus. The novel became what we know as Frankenstein, the precursor of modern day horror stories. Mary was the daughter of Mary Wollestonecraft, feminist, and author of A Vindication of Women, and William Godwin, the radical-anarchist philosopher and author of Lives of the Necromancers. Mary's mother died giving her birth; her half sister committed suicide; her husband's first wife committed suicide while she was pregnant, and Mary lost three out of four children, either in child birth or shortly afterward. Her father, whom she adored, disowned her when she eloped with her famous poet husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley. All these events compounded with the philosophical discussions between Percy and close friend, Lord Byron, led the young Mary to dream the beginning of her now classic novel.
Mary Shelley was only nineteen when she wrote The Modern Prometheus. The novel became what we know as Frankenstein, the precursor of modern day horror stories. Mary was the daughter of Mary Wollestonecraft, feminist, and author of A Vindication of Women, and William Godwin, the radical-anarchist philosopher and author of Lives of the Necromancers. Mary's mother died giving her birth; her half sister committed suicide; her husband's first wife committed suicide while she was pregnant, and Mary lost three out of four children, either in child birth or shortly afterward. Her father, whom she adored, disowned her when she eloped with her famous poet husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley. All these events compounded with the philosophical discussions between Percy and close friend, Lord Byron, led the young Mary to dream the beginning of her now classic novel.
Quote by Mary Shelley